Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-10-15


But l have more TO say. Raymond, be
courageous. Alas we must see each other
no more. All this pleasant dream must now
be broken, and you must cease to think
of me-
Il do pot understand"-
"You will never understand How gladly
would have spared you this. l tried, Ray
mond, even though it seemed my own heart
would break did not want You to love me.
nor to love you, for / knew what the end
must be"
But what otstacle!"
II cannot tell you"
as it fortunet | know | am poor. but
we are young, and | feel sure that shall sue
coed in my profession. Indeed, | am doing
well now for young man"
ut is not that This is an insurmountable
obstacle and one not of my creation nor
yours. We must bear it as best we may, hav
ing for our only consolation our mutual love.
And, Raymond, l think it better that we part
now, and forever
is not this something which you have
imagined graver than it isl Is it your
fathers opposition that you fear?n
"No.n
with all the sublime egotism of lover who
considers that one fact to entitle him to
everything he wants, and to excuse him for
all his follies
THAT is what | feared, what I wished to
avoid, for 1t is great misfortune. Renounce
me, renounee all hope"
rs there anything against my family9
What is ltf1
GEAR your name, but it is utterly impossible.
shall never marry, neither you nor another.
This obstacle has existed always and will as
long as l live
The two young lovers talked yet long
time, but always with the same conclusion,
and Raymond was obliged to accede to the
firm resolution of Suzanne.
When he walked home, his head bowed
upon his breast and his heart in a mingled tu-
multi of JOY and despair, bis mother watched
him attentively. and at last decided that she
would 60 alone and ask of NJ Forney that
he consent To receive Raymond as sutton for
the hand of Suzanne
She loved Raymond so tenderly that she
could not bear too see his visible suffering.
When she asked Pierre the following day to
harness the pony phaeton for her, as she wished
to drive out alone lie said:
Mother, have wished for some time to
speak to you, and if you can spare a few mo-
ments l will say what | wish now. You are
going out to drive. Will you not go as far as
the White HOUSE and ask NJ Forneys per-
mission for me to address his daughters OF
course, you could not have known anything
OF my heart as / could not gather courage
enough before to speak of it, but feel as if
life will hold little charm for me if l cannot
win Miss Forney for my wife,
Julia sat as if Petrified. She had known
before that Pierre admired Suzanne, though
for awhile she forgot, but now, while her ia
yorite sons fate hung in the balance, she
could not think of his pain. Besides, she
thought that the extreme quietness of this
avowal betokened a lack of feeling and that
Raymond loved more profoundly and would
suffer more; therefore, she took Raymondis
part in her mind
Il will do as you wish, my son. said she,
"but be prepared for disappointment.
have some reason TO think Suzanne's heart is
engaged ELSEWHERE
"The man who becomes her husband will
have reason to be thankful for so great
blessing" said Pierre growing white to the
very lips ard turning away. Little did be
imagine that Raymond loved her
Suzanne was sitting in her room when
Mime De NOirville drove up and she felt a
premOnItiOn of what was coming Julia
asked only to see NJ Forney, and Roger
went down to the reception room in obedience
TO her request His heart beat high with
unpleasant emotions which he always felt in
her presence, but he had schooled himself
to bear it IN the pursuit of his purpose
Il have not come to make simple visit"
said she, "but TO ask great favor of you, one
so great that my heart fails me before ask"
Speak, madame, +" said Roger.
My son Raymond loves your daughter
with all his heart, and have come from him
to beg your consent to his paying his ad-
dresses to Mile. ForneY, if you have made no
previous arrangements with another.
At the first words Roger rose, pale and
breathless. At last he said hoarsely:
"Impossiblel Impossiblel"
Sir continued Julia, "he is Door. but he |
has talent and honor His father was one of
the best lawyers III France, and RAYMOND in |
herits his ability. You must have heard of |
his father, M. Forney His name was Lucien |
De Noirvilie"
81 think have heard his name" said Roger
painfully There was something, l think, in |
the papers about-some terrible-some poig- |
nant"-
you have heard that thenfn said Julia in a |
constrained voice
IND he not die i'll the midst of an address |
TO the jury, III the interest of friend accused /
of robbery, l think followed by assassi-
nation-a friend and brother in arms, whom
he believed innocents"
He was innocent that friend. He WAS |
what became of this mani He was con-
demned, was he mott"
"Ies, but most unjustly; and he was killed |
q year or 50 afterward while trying to escape
from the galleys"
Her head dropped, and she would have
fallen to the floor without his aid
at Is nothing; slight giddiness There
are some recollections that are very painful
In every life. said she. There was a silence
Of some moments Then she resumed
$50 you will not accord me the happiness
Of my sons"
He made no answer. He was passing in re-
view all that dreadful past with its tragic
history. He tried to think whether he would
not lie in some sort repairing his wrong
oward Lucien if he gave his only child to
Lucien's son. Strange fatality that brought
lula to his feet to supplicate the happiness Of
Ter best loved son at his hands Was he not
n honor bound to give his sole treasure into
be keeping of anothers hands, smothering
is own grief, to restore little brightness in
be home he had left desolatea He decided
nd his nervous march ceased, and be stood
efore Julia with his face set and white, as
ms. have been those of the saints and
artyrs.
sit shall be as my daughter desires" And
en he sent servant to bring Suzanne to '
M
Suzanne, said be, 'can you divine the I
sson for which have called your ,
81 am sure cannot, answered she, trying
smile uneoneernediy.
Consult yonf heart, my child Il there O
ythifig yoa eesiTsf '
Nothing. father, but your love"
She Knew nes, end feIs that the battle she
d fondly SUPPOSED ended bad but begun I
N then Sic continued: G
4 do not quito seize your meaning; but
Fe no secrets from yon and / want nothing
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